Full Description
A must read for anyone going into the clinical years of medical school, Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery, third edition, teaches students a logical step-by-step diagnostic approach to 29 common patient presentations. This hypothesis-driven approach mirrors that used by successful clinicians on the wards, challenging students with questions at each stage of a case (history-taking, examination, investigation, management). By answering these questions, students understand how to critically analyze information and learn to apply their existing knowledge to a real-life scenario from start to finish.
By starting with a symptom, mirroring real patient presentations, students learn to draw on their knowledge of different physiological systems - for example, cardiology, respiratory, gastroenterology - at the same time. All the major presenting symptoms in general medicine and surgery are covered, together with a broad range of pathologies. Updated throughout, this edition reflects contemporary investigations, clinical guidelines, scoring systems, and reference values.
This book is an essential resource for all medicine students, and provides a well-rounded introduction to life on the wards. Ideal for those starting out in clinical medicine and an ideal refresher for those revising for OSCEs and finals.
Contents
1: Headache
2: Confusion
3: Blackout
4: Neck lump
5: Haematemesis
6: Dysphagia
7: Cough
8: Haemoptysis
9: Chest pain
10: Shortness of breath
11: Breast lump
12: Epigastric pain
13: Nausea and vomiting
14: Jaundice
15: Right upper quadrant pain
16: Right iliac fossa pain
17: Left iliac fossa pain
18: Flank pain
19: Constipation
20: Diarrhoea
21: Rectal bleeding
22: Poor urinary output
23: Polyuria
24: Groin lump
25: Scrotal mass
26: Limb weakness
27: Acute joint pain
28: Swollen calf
29: Leg ulcer
